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River Flood Advisory 4, NWS Wilmington, OH

March 12, 2015Adams County, Scioto County, Ohio; Greenup County, Lewis County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this river flood advisory at Mar 12, 2015, 4:12 AM EDT for Adams County, Scioto County, Ohio; Greenup County, Lewis County, Kentucky. It took effect at Mar 12, 2015, 5:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 35 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 12, 2015, 4:12 AM EDT (08:12 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 12, 2015, 5:00 AM EDT
Expired: Mar 13, 2015, 4:07 PM EDT
In force: 35 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Greenup County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Adams County, OH, Scioto County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Ohio River at Portsmouth (PORO1). The gauge peaked at 53.15 ft at Mar 14, 2015, 4:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 35 ft
Minor stage: 50 ft
Moderate stage: 57 ft
Major stage: 66 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03217200, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood advisory went out at Mar 12, 2:15 AM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 2:15 AM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 12, 2:00 AM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 11, 9:50 PM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	ILN	Auglaize, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clinton, Darke and 20 more	12 hr
Mar 12, 4:12 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	ILN	Adams, Brown	36 hr
Mar 12, 11:59 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILN	Clermont, Hamilton	8 days
Mar 12, 11:59 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILN	Adams, Scioto	7 days
Mar 12, 11:59 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILN	Adams, Brown	8 days
Mar 12, 12:12 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	ILN	Clermont	43 hr
Mar 12, 4:00 PM EDT	Flood Watch	ILN	Adams, Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton and 6 more	46 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Ohio, 2015 River Flood Advisories in Kentucky, 2015 Every river flood advisory in 2015

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.